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by LeafItAlone 604 days ago
>Imagine the next 30 years when the majority of the population has no clue on how to function without cloud connected models answering questions on the daily.

The basis of this argument has probably existed for as long as humans have been able to self reflect.

If technology can very reliably do something I need to do better than I can do, why would I spend energy doing it myself.

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> If technology can very reliably do something I need to do better than I can do, why would I spend energy doing it myself.

In reality, you're spending more energy. That being, yet, another problem with this use case [0].

Also, did it really "do it better"? Maybe it did it better than OP could, by their own admission. But they didn't learn anything in the process nor did they seem to consider the validity. Will it be right next time? How does one know? As indicated above - it doesn't appear to be a stretch that it could have just as easily given the wrong answer. [1]

"In an age of information, ignorance is a choice." — Donny Miller

[0] https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/projecting-the-electri... [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41997498

Related quote:

"They will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is written, calling things to remembrance no longer from within themselves, but by means of external marks." - Plato

https://fs.blog/an-old-argument-against-writing/

Related blog: https://pessimistsarchive.org/

The irony of Plato's writings on writing shouldn't be lost on you.